27 JANUARY 1894, Page 13

We have to acknowledge "a seventh and cheaper edition" of

a translation into rhythmical sentences of The Imitation of Christ (Elliot Stock). It comes commended by a brief preface by Dr. Liddon, dated March, 1889. The translator claims, doubtless with justice, that it is nearer the original than any of its prede- cessors. The rhythmical form is one thing ; then the order of the books is restored to what it was in Thomas a Kempis's arrange- ment. " Lastly, no passage has been smoothed over, toned down, or omitted, merely to suit the particular tenets of any school in the Christian Church."